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It's looking that way. Lee is gone. Most likely the same for dedmon
Is it safe to assume Lee and Dedmon aren't coming back?
It's looking that way. Lee is gone. Most likely the same for dedmon
Dedmon is all but gone, I believe the Spurs can't offer him any more than he opted out of. This signing also cuts into his playing time.
Lee is a different story, he could still soak up some minutes at PF (assuming Lauvergne plays C) and might be willing to take the minimum again if he can't get a significantly better offer elsewhere.
French bigs who can't rebound are soft. If this guy was proven with respect to work on the glass, or defending the rim, he'd be more interesting to me. Basically, this guy looks like he rebounds and defends on the Bonner level, but without the ability to shoot well enough to soak up regular season minutes at the 4/5. I'd rather we have signed Jefferson off our summer league team, at least he can get after it down low.
Training camp Big.
Yeah, this more than likely closes the book on Lee. Gasol's minutes will be dependant on whether they primarily play 1 or 2 big lineups.
If Simmons and Ginobili both return and they don't make a trade, they'll only have 3 traditional bigs and 2 sure fire rotation ones. Even if Pop wanted to, I don't see how they could play 2 bigs consistently. If that is still the plan though, then they must know one of Ginobili or Simmons won't be back.
Lee generally played with one of Aldridge, Gasol or Dedmon, which could mask his lack of rim protection. Surprisingly, he only had a .7% advantage in defensive rebound percentage last season.
How does it feel to be an imposter?
Get use to it boyz & girlz, SPURS you knew left the building When TD hung up the sneakers. Now this does mean its a bad thing, it just means a new style of play. I am okay with it, SPURS & PAFTO are masters of changing their style to match the players on the roster... Lets see what they can do this season.
I agree. For the vet min it is a solid signing. The return on investment will greatly exceed the vet min contract.
It's a david lee type signing. It's a decent move
A tier version of a scola/lee hybrid
I gyess still better than Oberto/Elson
Yes but Lee might be on one leg
So it's the minimum then. That's a relief after the other deals they've done.
A tier version of a scola/lee hybrid
I gyess still better than LaMarsha
I remember liking him in Denver but don't know what he's done since.
Seems like a low risk/potentially high reward signing. I don't see a problem with it considering what's left on the board. We all figured the Spurs weren't making waves this season anyway.
I don't feel like that, thank you for your concern.
Seems to be okay... stretches the floor and can bang in the paint.
Really hope Lee comes back.
With what bigs?
A "stretch" big who can't even shoot 30% from three? Sounds like the Euro version of Byron Mullens, tbh.
I suspect this is the most likely scenario as well.
Maybe a player-coach - he can show Aldridge how to set screens worth a damn
Runs the court in transition very well, find gaps in the defense to make cuts, can dribble, etc. All can be seen at the beginning of this video. Might also have that floater in the paint that Timmy was using so well his last year.
:16 Runs so well in transition. Much better than watch Pau trot up the court.
He'll have Spurstalk wanting him to play more than Pau in not time tbh imho
If Tiago Splitter & Oberto had a man baby it would be tis guy.
Solid if he's replacing Lee. Not so solid if he's replacing Dedmon.
If the Spurs rotation ends up being:
Mills/Murray-Green-Leonard-Gay-Aldridge
Mills/Murray-Ginobili-Simmons-Anderson/Bertans-Gasol
their isn't much rim protection but the perimeter defense should be better and more able to switch which is probably as more important that traditional bigs who protect the rim.
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